LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

īnsectus

īnsectus (feminine īnsecta, neuter īnsectum)

Meaning

  1. adjectivenot cut, uncut
  2. adjectivenot cleaved or divided, uncleaved, undivided

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeīnsectusīnsectaīnsectum
genitiveīnsectīīnsectaeīnsectī
dativeīnsectōīnsectaeīnsectō
accusativeīnsectumīnsectamīnsectum
ablativeīnsectōīnsectāīnsectō
vocativeīnsecteīnsectaīnsectum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeīnsectīīnsectaeīnsecta
genitiveīnsectōrumīnsectārumīnsectōrum
dativeīnsectīsīnsectīsīnsectīs
accusativeīnsectōsīnsectāsīnsecta
ablativeīnsectīsīnsectīsīnsectīs
vocativeīnsectīīnsectaeīnsecta

insectus, a, um, Part., from 1. inseco.
in-sectus, a, um, adj. 2. in-seco, for non sectus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 111 Müll.

Origins

From in (“without, not”) + sectus (“cut; cleaved, divided”).

Descendants
  • Catalaninsecte
  • Englishinsect
  • Frenchinsecte
  • GermanInsekt
  • Italianinsetto
  • Portugueseinseto
  • Romanianinsectă
  • Spanishinsecto
  • Corsicaninsettu
  • Dutchinsect

In English words that came into English from īnsectus

  • insectīnsectum

Quick answers

What does īnsectus mean in Latin?
īnsectus, a adjective, means “not cut, uncut; not cleaved or divided, uncleaved, undivided”.